The Atla-Eeru Inn ( et, Atla-Eeru kõrts) is a former inn in Juuru, Rapla Parish, Rapla County, Estonia. The inn building has been recognized as a national cultural monument. The building was built as a log house in 1811 and converted into an inn in 1841. During the

Mahtra War Mahtra War ( et, Mahtra sõda) was a peasant insurgency at the Mahtra estate (now in Rapla County, 60 km from Tallinn) in Estonia, in the then Russian Empire in May–July 1858. The revolt was suppressed using the regular army, 14 peasants w ...

, the Atla-Eeru Inn became a place where several gatherings of decisive importance took place. Here, by the light of a splinter lamp, the peasants of Atla and

Mahtra Mahtra is a village in Rapla Parish, Rapla County, Estonia. It has a population of 92 (as of 1 January 2010). Between 1991 and 2017 (until the administrative reform of Estonian municipalities) the village was located in Juuru Parish. In 1858 a p ...

studied the new Peasants' Law, which was the impetus for the protest. Early on they morning of June 2, 1858, several groups of peasants gathered at the inn, and together they headed to Mahtra. It was here, after the uprising, that the wounded were given first aid. In 1958, the Atla-Eeru Inn was purchased for the Mahtra Peasant Museum.

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Residential buildings completed in 1811 Commercial buildings completed in 1841 Rapla Parish {{Estonia-struct-stub